Cranbury's marijuana company looks to sell legal weed to everyone
ROSELLE PARK - One of the state's oldest medical marijuana dispensaries that has long been growing and selling cannabis exclusively to medical marijuana patient is looking to dip its toes in the far more lucrative adult use legal weed market.
Breakwater Treatment and Wellness, based in Cranbury, is seeking approval to begin selling legal weed to adult use customers at their satellite dispensary in Roselle Park, according to an agenda posted by the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission.
If approved by the commission, Breakwater would grow cannabis for adult use and manufacture it into products at its Cranbury facilities, but adult use sales are prohibited there by township ordinance.
Since opening in 2015, Breakwater has been a favorite for medical marijuana patients, with many driving across the state and past many other dispensary options to shop there. Until 2022, it was the only locally-owned dispensary in the state, with every other one owned by larger, out-of-state brands or corporate conglomerates.
"I just feel like it's the best New Jersey is offering right now," said Wednesday Mayer, a Clementon medical marijuana patient and board member of Sativa Cross, a nonprofit medical marijuana patient advocacy group. "I love their strains, I love the freshness — the packaging on the jar usually says it's just a few days old."
Mayer said some patients might notice a change in quality, but said that could be due to numerous factors, not just the company having to ramp up production in order to meet a greater demand. But she was hopeful that it meant Breakwater products would be available in more dispensaries statewide.
The number of adult use-specific dispensaries outweigh medical-only and hybrid dispensaries, which sell to both patients and recreational customers, by more than 2-to-1.
"There's only a few dispensaries that serve it up, and it's not always the best of their strains," Mayer said. "I love this because, at least, now I can acquire it more easily."